Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to help renovate the interior of its new location on South Monroe Street.

The request represents 14.5 percent of the estimated $3 million in construction costs, according to a CRA staff report presented at Monday’s Greater Frenchtown/Southside Community Redevelopment Area's Citizens' Advisory Committee meeting.

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The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

The transformation of the old Coca-Cola building into the new Proof Brewery will cost an estimated $6.17 million. Proof Brewing Company has asked the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency for $450,000 to renovate the interior of their new location at 1320 S. Monroe St. Credit: City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency

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The advisory committee voted 3-1 to recommend approval of the request.

If approved by the CRA, the payments would be disbursed over 12 years through the reimbursement of the tax increment generated by the increase in property values created by the project once it is completed.

Proof, which opened its doors in Railroad Square in 2012, obtained the 70-year-old Coca-Cola bottling plant on March 1 as part of a $960,000 land swap with DoubleTree hotel owner J.T. Burnette. In exchange for the Coke plant, Burnette got title to the Whiskey House bar and liquor store on Tennessee Street.

Byron and Angela Burroughs, Proof's owners, said relocating will give them the space to expand production fivefold.

But the building is in dire need of repairs and renovations, which they expect to have completed by this December. The CRA money would help pay for all or part of exterior and interior renovations, security fencing, and other improvements.

In its request, Proof said its need for the CRA grant is based on the fact that the new location is three times as big as the current location in Railroad Square. There, the company invested $1.2 million in fixtures, fit-up and equipment, spent $580,000 on build out, and spent $52,000 a year on rent. The new location includes real estate costs of $1.779 million, fixtures and equipment of $1.3 million, and $3 million for construction.

The 32,000-square-foot former manufacturing site on an entire city block will offer a tasting room, a retail area and beer garden covered in Astroturf and surrounded by a large, decorative fenced-in area. They expect to be open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 1 a.m., in support of the city's goal to have an 18-hour downtown.

The brewery is negotiating to receive several other economic incentives.

Under the code name "Project Fox," Proof would receive a 70 percent reimbursement for development fees and an additional 70 percent reimbursement of the city property tax paid on the land, improvements and tangible personal property for seven years.

In addition, the county will provide reimbursement of the property taxes equal to the amount reimbursed by the city for the Target Business Program, estimated at $97,400, according to reports from the Office of Economic Vitality.

Officials said Proof's relocation will create 20 new jobs and falls under the area's light manufacturing category for business incentives. Its total $23 million economic impact includes 102 direct and indirect jobs.

Proof is working with the city's TEMPO (Tallahassee Engaging in Meaningful Productivity for Opportunity) to create an apprenticeship program for people over 21 looking to learn new skills.

Contact Schweers at jschweers@tallahassee.com. Follow him on Twitter @jeffschweers.